Why do parents feel it's ok to spank their children?

Answer 1

As a parent I don't belive in spanking even though I was spanked quite a bit as a child. There are much better ways to disipline your child these days.

Answer 2

There's a difference between a properly timed spanking and a beating. As liberals have diluted a parent's right to spank their children, children have become far more violent, destructive, and dangerous. A spanking at the right time lets a child know that its behavior is NOT acceptable and has immediate consequences, rather than no parental response at all, or a stern talking-to, or a useless "time out" which teaches them they can get away with just about anything they want to do.

Answer 3

Spanking a child isn't wrong until it no longer has any effect on the child's behavior. For example, a spanking probably won't really hurt a child who is 12 years old very much. The parents are going to have to find some different ways to discipline. Around that age spanking would be just about pointless. Otherwise, it is a very good form of negative reinforcement.

Answer 4

A spanking is just that,,, not a beating. Enough to get the attention of the child and let them know who is of authority. Must start at an early age, at the age of 1 and 2 mostly,, and maybe 3 and 4 a little bit. At these early ages of this they understand English very little, except maybe for no. They have to know there is a consequence for their action, once established, spankings will diminish. And it's not a matter of being OK,,, it's just how do you want the environment you live in to be like,,, calm and understanding to each other or yelling screaming throwing things,,, then you discipline accordingly for what you want.

Answer 5

Because it says it in the bible in black and white. There should be no question. Yes, there is a line between beating and spanking. One is illegal and one is good old fashioned discipline. Children that are not disciplined stick out in public like a sore thumb. You can see them from a mile away. Well behave children know their boundaries and the consequences for overstepping those boundaries. Yes, there are situations that can be worked through using methods other than spanking, but sometimes spankings are necessary. These are the issues that real important and you want to really help your child to understand how serious that situation is.

Answer 6

So yes spanking is a tool because as we are human race we are very respondent to violence as an answer to solving problems. This is true for waging wars for territory and even raising kids. Two extremes i admit and unrelated. But the are not. We are violent as a race. And it works. Look at it this way. Would you do More bad things in life if you know there was no violent consequences to answer too if caught?
Same thing with a spanking. I had a daughter that when she was little did something wrong. So i spanked her for it. Then just that i will go that route i never had to spank her again.
Plus it works on some kids and not others. There is no one standard way of discipline your kids. They are individuals that have respond differently to everything. Try to not be so absolute with punishment or anything for that matter.

Answer 7

Because it's a learned behaviour from when they were children themselves.

Or because they are too lazy to figure out other ways to parent. They think that spanking is a "quick fix" but the thing is.....it doesn't teach any good lessons in the long run. All it does is temporarily stop an undesirable behaviour. It doesn't actually teach any posiitve lessons though.

Alysia - I believe you are confusing RESPECT with FEAR.

Super Mom - Children DO NOT force adults to spank them. Adults make the CHOICE to spank them or not. There are other ways to parent.

Answer 8

There is nothing wrong with spanking your children, if they know the difference between right and wrong. However, beating your children is wrong. That is against the law. Spanking leaves no marks for more than a few minutes. Beating is leaving any sign on your child. I personally think that if you're going to spank, you should only do it on their butt, not anywhere else.

Answer 9

Because it is. back in the day children respected their parents. These days they don't. when a child does something bad they need to be punished. Depending on what they did a spanking may be too harsh but spanking's are fine as long as you don't really hurt the child.

Answer 10

There's nothing wrong with spanking your kids. Some kids are so out of control and walk all over their parents and if they know their parents won't do anything about it, they'll just get worse and worse.

Spanking is not abuse. Beating your kids is abuse. Spanking is not beating. Not even close. I was spanked as a child and I can tell you first-hand, it works.

I've also been beaten as a child by another family member. They're completely different.